Updated Apr 3, 2026, 1:49 PM ET PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2026, 11:41 AM ET Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was taken to a hospital after becoming ill last month at a Federalist Society dinner in Philadelphia, according to people with knowledge of the March 20 incident, which had not been previously reported. The justice was evaluated and administered fluids for dehydration. He returned to his home in Virginia that night with his security team. In the two weeks since the incident, Alito has attended ...

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is taking heat for seeking to distance himself from the Epstein files, saying they “should not be a part of anything going forward.” The comments came during an interview late Thursday with Fox News’s Jesse Watters, who asked Blanche if he would agree that the files were “not handled well.” Blanche went on to defend fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying her removal by President Trump had nothing to do with the investigation into the convicted sex offende ...

A second U.S. Air Force combat aircraft crashed Friday in the Persian Gulf region, with the lone pilot safely rescued, two U.S. officials told the New York Times. The officials said the A‑10 Warthog went down near the Strait of Hormuz around the same time an F‑15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Iran, an incident in which one crew member was rescued and search teams are still looking for a second airman. Department of Defense officials did not immediately return a message from News ...

Apr 3rd, 2026, 5:51 pm According to a Friday report from HuffPost, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon held a Protestant-only Good Friday service at its in-house chapel, with no Catholic Mass scheduled for one of Christianity’s holiest days. The setup, which excludes a Catholic service for the first time, drew frustration from at least one Pentagon employee after an internal email made the arrangement explicit. “Just a friendly reminder: There will be a Protestant Service (No Catholic ...

Friday 03 April 2026 17:51 EDT President Donald Trump reportedly demanded that his seat be moved at the Supreme Court so he could sit directly in front of the court's justices during his unprecedented visit to the court to witness the oral arguments in his birthright citizenship case this week. Trump became the first president to attend a Supreme Court oral argument, a move that many critics took to be a naked attempt to intimidate the court into ruling in his favor. Early in his second term, ...

(Raw Story) White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is so worried that Donald Trump is being fed a rosy picture of his Iran war that she has privately urged his inner circle to stop telling the president what he wants to hear, and start telling him what he needs to hear, Time magazine reported Thursday. Wiles, who is battling breast cancer while managing a chaotic West Wing, grew alarmed after Trump's own pollster Tony Fabrizio delivered a brutal reality check that the war cratered in public opinion as gas prices topped $4 a gallon and stock markets tumbled to multi-year lows.

(BBC News) More than 100 experts on international law have signed an open letter expressing "profound concern" about what they see as serious violations of international law by the US, Israel and Iran in the Middle East war. They say the US-Israeli decision to attack on Iran was a clear breach of the United Nations Charter, which prohibits the use of force outside of self-defence or when authorised by the UN Security Council. The experts point to "alarming rhetoric" being used by officials, including US President Donald Trump's threats to "obliterate" Iran's power plants.

(The Independent) The Pentagon may have violated its own rules of war by moving troops from U.S. bases, targeted by Iran, to hotels and other civilian locations in the Middle East region, the New York Times reported. Since the start of the conflict, initiated by President Donald Trump’s missile strikes, Iranian forces have been targeting U.S. bases throughout the region. Bases, such as the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia and the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, have been damaged and at least a dozen service members have been killed.

(Reuters) The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency's office ⁠of detention ⁠oversight carried out a congressionally mandated inspection over three days ​in February; its report was released this week. The report found 49 "deficiencies" at the $1.2 billion facility, called Camp East Montana. It defined a "deficiency" as "any ​violation of detention standards, policies, or operational procedures, as applicable." There were ⁠22 ⁠deficiencies related to the "use ⁠of ​force and restraints," 11 related to "facility security and control" and five related ​to "medical care," the ⁠report said.

(NBC News) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, some of whom are seen as having been targeted because of their race, gender or perceived affiliation with Biden administration policies or officials, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process. The process within the Army, the Air Force, the Navy and the Marines is structured to ensure the most qualified officers get promoted. Hegseth's decision to intervene in the process has raised concerns among some officials within those military branches and the White House.